I have some of the ad slick books from70s and 80s ..thought it was emil
noah??? movie ad service..was not it in Florida? the block engravings
were one color and used mostly in newspaper orhand bills... nice however
to seel that mother load would be thesameissue with money as morries
lobbies...who has the money?? and as a investment how counld they give
PMI on that outlay...my best thought is at a theme park they could be a
novelty and charge like3.00 to makea hand print..however to recoup 10
million would take years and the zinc plates could wear out good
titles..or get lost or stolen....and manyof the titles would lack
interest..as a artexhibit you could line some walls with them in a
museum buteventhe mst add cllector like me would be overwhelmed and the
joe public does not give a shit...so whoever gavea auction estimate of
10 million may have made a error in the opinion.however auctions can
surprise us all...
.however put them up for auction..my gut feel is even a museum that is a
501c3 would want a donation and doubt the owners need one....if its not
money motivated...be happy to get 5 k and save some movie crap....if you
want profits from it.... somewhere over the rainbow..and hope you find
some delirious collector that has 10 million...
If it was the plates for one sheets ...could have potential..and the
stone litho matrix all broke orwhere reground to make new one off
Bavarian rock..so thats why you dont see stone litho matrix stones....
this was funny.... i would have cleaned then with kerosene..as the
vinegar is acidic.... but its cool they saved them...2k was probably the
right amount storage probably cost more and the time to clean them
andinventory..good luck.. dreams can happen so maybe it will come true
and they will be rewarded...heck i just bought a powerball so who am i i
think we both have the same odds... LOL:)
i applaud they are saved..i would say donate toa god museum that would
care for them and have as a resource....of print engraving history...
On 2018-01-04 13:21, Ira Rubenstein wrote:
Has anyone heard about this?
In 1999, two friends went into a Nebraska antique shop and found a
massive collection of letterpress blocks and plates that were used to
make advertisements for movies in newspapers. They bought the whole
shebang for $2000 and have spent the last 17 years cataloging and
cleaning the 60,000 plates & blocks. The collection, which spans
nearly the entire history of the film industry from the silent era to
1984, was recently appraised at ~$10 million and is available for
acquisition.
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